Funeral home operator is truly professional

My husband died at home on Jan. 12 as he had wished. If you have not been faced with this tragic event you can have no idea of your reaction at the time or of your immediate impulse to show everyone you know just how important your loved one was to you. One of the ways most handle this is to go over and seat yourself in the most lovely funeral parlor in your town amidst all the trappings of overstuffed, overdecorated furnishings and begin to pick out the most expensive casket, vault, service and embalming techniques available. Surely it must be important that this person so very special to you be presented in the most favorable fashion possible. The more money you spend, the more you cared for them. My spouse and I had the time to think about and discuss this over the years of our marriage.

Once weíre done using the physical body we were given at birth all thatís left for the survivor consists of the memories you created in the time you spent together. I wonít quote my spouse directly, but both he and I, who had dealt directly with death throughout long careers, avoided viewing the dressed up and coiffed bodies lying in expensive boxes which would be buried in the ground in a vault guaranteed not to leak for a specified amount of time. To what end? What possible difference does it make?

When we learned of the new Williams Funeral and Cremation service we were pleased that there was a facility which could fulfill our wishes and at a reasonable price. My spouse laughed and pointed out that the money I did not spend on his final disposition would be better used for some other purpose. Imagine my horror to pick up the Times-News and view on the front page the piece about the arrest of Brandon Williams. I have interacted more often than most on either a professional or personal level with undertakers and embalmers and I can say that I am rarely impressed. The one exception was the young Mr. Brandon Williams. He came to my home on my schedule, efficiently and expertly took care of the matter at hand and displayed the kind of respect which is genuine and unfeigned.

I do not believe that he is guilty of the charges leveled against him and I do believe that this matter will be clarified and cleared up fairly quickly. My instant reaction to your story was, it was a tad salacious and did not belong on the front page. When and if these charges are dropped and a retraction issued I would like very much to see notification of such rendered as large as was the original story in your newspaper and not buried in tiny type on the back page.